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Social distancing and inequality in the United States amid COVID-19 outbreak

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  • Wei Zhai

    (International Center for Adaptation and Design (iAdapt), School of Landscape Architecture and Planning, College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida, USA)

  • Mengyang Liu

    (School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China)

  • Zhong-Ren Peng

Abstract

Amid sweeping efforts to get Americans to stay at home to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease, we geovisualized how foot traffic has increased or declined in relation to six types of trips across the United States: homes, workplaces, retail and recreation establishments, parks, grocery stores and pharmacies, and transit stations. The geovisualization shows that most West and East Coast cities have reduced extensive movements while many Middle American cities even increased their movements, such as trips to grocery stores and parks. We further found that the poorest communities reduced fewer movements than the wealthiest communities, except for the trips to parks.

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  • Wei Zhai & Mengyang Liu & Zhong-Ren Peng, 2021. "Social distancing and inequality in the United States amid COVID-19 outbreak," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 53(1), pages 3-5, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:53:y:2021:i:1:p:3-5
    DOI: 10.1177/0308518X20932576
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    1. Petr Iakovlevitch Ekel & Sandro Laudares & Adriano José de Barros & Douglas Alexandre Gomes Vieira & Carlos Augusto Paiva da Silva Martins & Matheus Pereira Libório, 2023. "Geovisualization: A Practical Approach for COVID-19 Spatial Analysis," Geographies, MDPI, vol. 3(4), pages 1-16, December.
    2. Ajnesh Prasad, 2024. "Racial capitalism and COVID-19," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 11(1), pages 1-6, December.

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